Communication method and apparatus for synchronization signal blocks, device, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a communication method, including: acquiring a first Q value or a second Q value, determining, based on the first Q value or the second Q value, whether two or more than two synchronization signal blocks have a quasi co-location relationship, or determining a synchronization signal block index of a synchronization signal block.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A communication method applied to a user equipment (UE), comprising:
 acquiring a first Q value or a second Q value; 
 based on the first Q value or the second Q value, determining whether two or more than two synchronization signal blocks have a quasi co-location relationship, or determining a synchronization signal block index of a synchronization signal block; 
 wherein the first Q value belongs to a first set, and when a maximum element in the first set is 64, the first Q value comprises: 32 and 64; or the second Q value belongs to a second set, and when a maximum element in the second set is 64, the second Q value comprises: 32 and 64. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein,
 if modulus values of candidate synchronization signal block indices of the two or more than two synchronization signal blocks by the first Q value or the second Q value are equal, or when remainders of the candidate synchronization signal block indices of the two or more than two synchronization signal blocks divided by the first Q value or the second Q value are equal, determining that the two or more than two synchronization signal blocks have the quasi co-location relationship. 
 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the synchronization signal block index equals to a modulus value of a candidate synchronization signal block index of the synchronization signal block by the first Q value or the second Q value; 
 or the synchronization signal block index equals to a remainder of the candidate synchronization signal block index of the synchronization signal block divided by the first Q value or the second Q value. 
 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein an element contained in the first set is a candidate value of the first Q value. 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein an element contained in the second set is a candidate value of the second Q value. 
     
     
       6. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the second set is a subset or a complete set of the first set. 
     
     
       7. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the second set at least contains: the maximum element in the first set, or a half of the maximum element in the first set. 
     
     
       8. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 when the maximum element in the second set is 16, the second Q value comprises: 2, 4, 8 and 16; 
 when the maximum element in the second set is 32, the second Q value comprises: 4, 8, 16 and 32. 
 
     
     
       9. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 when the maximum element in the second set is 12, the second Q value comprises: 2, 3, 6 and 12; 
 when the maximum element in the second set is 18, the second Q value comprises: 2, 4, 9 and 18; or, the second Q value comprises: 3, 6, 9 and 18; 
 when the maximum element in the second set is 20, the second Q value comprises: 2, 5, 10 and 20; or, the second Q value comprises: 2, 4, 10 and 20; 
 when the maximum element in the second set is 24, the second Q value comprises: 3, 6, 12 and 24; or, the second Q value comprises: 2, 4, 12 and 24; 
 when the maximum element in the second set is 36, the second Q value comprises: 4, 9, 18 and 36; or, the second Q value comprises: 2, 6, 18 and 36; 
 when the maximum element in the second set is 48, the second Q value comprises: 6, 12, 24 and 48; or, the second Q value comprises: 4, 12, 24 and 48; 
 when the maximum element in the second set is 60, the second Q value comprises: 6, 15, 30 and 60; or, the second Q value comprises: 10, 20, 30 and 60. 
 
     
     
       10. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein acquiring the second Q value comprises:
 acquiring the second Q value based on Master Information Block (MIB) indication information. 
 
     
     
       11. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein acquiring the first Q value comprises:
 acquiring the first Q value based on System Information Block 1 (SIB1) indication information. 
 
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 when the maximum element in the first set is 16, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16; 
 when the maximum element in the first set is 32, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32. 
 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 when the maximum element in the first set is 12, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12; 
 when the maximum element in the first set is 18, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 18; 
 when the maximum element in the first set is 20, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and 20; 
 when the maximum element in the first set is 24, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24; 
 when the maximum element in the first set is 36, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36; 
 when the maximum element in the first set is 48, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 and 48; 
 when the maximum element in the first set is 60, the first Q value comprises: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 60. 
 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein each element in the first set is a factor of the maximum element in the first set. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein each element in the first set is a factor of the maximum element in the first set, and the maximum element in the first set equals to a maximum value of a time index carried in a Physical Broadcast Channel Demodulation Reference Signal (PBCH DMRS). 
     
     
       16. An electronic device, comprising: a memory and a processor; wherein the memory has stored therein a computer program, and the processor is configured to call the computer program in the memory to perform the following operations:
 acquiring a first Q value or a second Q value; 
 based on the first Q value or the second Q value, determining whether two or more than two synchronization signal blocks have a quasi co-location relationship, or determining a synchronization signal block index of a synchronization signal block; 
 wherein the first Q value belongs to a first set, and when a maximum element in the first set is 64, the first Q value comprises: 32 and 64; or the second Q value belongs to a second set, and when a maximum element in the second set is 64, the second Q value comprises: 32 and 64. 
 
     
     
       17. A non-transitory storage medium in which a computer program is stored, wherein the program is executed by a processor to perform the following operations:
 acquiring a first Q value or a second Q value; 
 based on the first Q value or the second Q value, determining whether two or more than two synchronization signal blocks have a quasi co-location relationship, or determining a synchronization signal block index of a synchronization signal block; 
 wherein the first Q value belongs to a first set, and when a maximum element in the first set is 64, the first Q value comprises: 32 and 64; or the second Q value belongs to a second set, and when a maximum element in the second set is 64, the second Q value comprises: 32 and 64.